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Australian Bird Calls - South-western

David Stewart

The south-western region of Australia (bounded by Geraldton in the north to Albany in the south) has a wide range of habitats from wet forests to dry scrubland. Accordingly, the range of bird species is quite diverse. This region includes 17 endemic species, and a feature of this CD is a range of calls for this unique group. Some of these do occur in South Australia as far east as Eyre Peninsula. Birds that are difficult to see such as Noisy Scrub-bird, Western Bristlebird and Western Whipbird have loud ear catching songs. Other unique birds to this region such as Carnaby's and Baudin's Black-Cockatoos, Western Rosella, Red-capped Parrot, Rufous Treecreeper, Blue-breasted and Red-winged Fairy-wrens, Western Thornbill, Western Wattlebird, Western Spinebill, Western and White-breasted Robins and Red-eared Firetail are also included. Calls of many of the more common birds are also part of the overall presentation. Where possible, a range of calls of each species is presented. This allows the listener to become aware of the repertoire of sounds many of the birds possess, particularly songbirds.

This CD has no music or spoken commentary. The natural calls of the birds of this region can be appreciated both as a source of pleasant sounds, or as a well documented reference source of many of south-western Australia's bird species. A list of the species, with call description and behaviour notes, can be found inside the cover. For those people with a particular interest in any of the calls, further information can be obtained from the author. This is another CD in the Australian Bird Call series and contains calls of 79 species.

Birds Australia, the largest bird organisation in the country, endorses and recommends this CD to anybody interested in enjoying and knowing the calls of many of Australia's wonderful birds found in the temperate south-western region of Australia. 74 min.

CD£20.99 £18.99 UK & EU (£15.83 Non EU) Price Provisional.

Common Name

Scientific Name

Black Swan

Cygnus atratus

Australian Shelduck

Tadorna tadornoides

Brown Goshawk

Accipiter fasciatus

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Laughing Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia senegalensis

Brush Bronzewing

Phaps elegans

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Glossopsitta porphyrocephala

Long-billed Black-Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus baudinii

Short-billed Black-Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus latirostris

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii

Western Long-billed Corella

Cacatua pastinator

Regent Parrot

Polytelis anthopeplus

Red-capped Parrot

Purpureicephalus spurius

Australian Ringneck

Barnardius zonarius

Western Rosella

Platycercus icterotis

Elegant Parrot

Neophema elegans

Rock Parrot

Neophema petrophila

Fan-tailed Brush-Cuckoo

Cacomantis flabelliformis

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Chalcites lucidus

Southern Boobook

Ninox boobook

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

New Zealand Pipit

Anthus novaeseelandiae

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

Western Whipbird

Psophodes nigrogularis

White-browed Babbler

Pomatostomus superciliosus

Brown Songlark

Cincloramphus cruralis

Splendid Fairywren

Malurus splendens

Blue-breasted Fairywren

Malurus pulcherrimus

Red-winged Fairywren

Malurus elegans

Southern Emuwren

Stipiturus malachurus

Western Bristlebird

Dasyornis longirostris

White-browed Sericornis

Sericornis frontalis

Redthroat

Pyrrholaemus brunneus

Rufous Calamanthus

Calamanthus campestris

Shy Hylacola

Hylacola cautus

Western Thornbill

Acanthiza inornata

Common Name

Scientific Name

Broad-tailed Thornbill

Acanthiza apicalis

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Acanthiza chrysorrhoa

Brown Weebill

Smicrornis brevirostris

Western Gerygone

Gerygone fusca

Varied Sittella

Neositta chrysoptera

Noisy Scrubbird

Atrichornis clamosus

Restless Flycatcher

Myiagra inquieta

Grey Fantail

Rhipidura fuliginosa

Jacky Winter

Microeca fascinans

Scarlet Robin

Petroica boodang

Red-capped Robin

Petroica goodenovii

Western Yellow Robin

Eopsaltria griseogularis

White-breasted Robin

Eopsaltria georgiana

Southern Scrub-Robin

Drymodes brunneopygia

Western Shrike-Tit

Falcunculus leucogaster

Common Golden Whistler

Pachycephala pectoralis

Rufous Whistler

Pachycephala rufiventris

Grey Shrike-Thrush

Colluricincla harmonica

Rufous Treecreeper

Climacteris rufa

Mistletoebird

Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Spotted Pardalote

Pardalotus punctatus

Striated Pardalote

Pardalotus substriatus

Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

Brown Honeyeater

Lichmera indistincta

Singing Honeyeater

Lichenostomus virescens

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

Lichenostomus ornatus

White-eared Honeyeater

Lichenostomus leucotis

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Melithreptus brevirostris

White-naped Honeyeater

Melithreptus lunatus

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater

Glyciphila melanops

New Holland Honeyeater

Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

White-cheeked Honeyeater

Phylidonyris nigra

Western Spinebill

Acanthorhynchus superciliosus

Yellow-throated Miner

Manorina flavigula

Western Wattlebird

Anthochaera lunulata

Red Wattlebird

Anthochaera carunculata

Common Name

Scientific Name

Magpie-Lark

Grallina cyanoleuca

Black-faced Woodswallow

Artamus cinereus

Dusky Woodswallow

Artamus cyanopterus

Australasian Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen

Grey Currawong

Strepera versicolor

Australian Raven

Corvus coronoides

Red-eared Firetail

Stagonopleura oculata

The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.